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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 13-08-08
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[01] Minister: Åfforts focus on a growing and prosperous Cyprus shipping
[02] Cyprus signs agreement with UK on public sector reform
[01] Minister: Åfforts focus on a growing and prosperous Cyprus shipping
Government efforts focus on a continuously growing and prosperous Cyprus
shipping and a maritime industry unparalleled by others, Communications
and Works Minister Tasos Mitsopoulos said on Thursday, noting that the
government upholds shipping as one of its "best kept secrets", a secret
that supports the local economy quietly, efficiently, effectively and
sustainably.
In his address at the signing ceremony of a contract for the building
eco-friendly bulk carrier vessels by FrontMarine and Lemissoler
Navigation, he said that " when these vessels are put in service,
hopefully under the Cyprus flag, they will contribute to the efforts of
our Government, and many others around the world, for the development
and expansion of a sustainable maritime transport system."
Such a system, he noted, will provide efficient and effective sea
transport, contribute to the reduction of harmful substances in the
environment, reduce emissions of various oxides that have proven to
shorten the life of people living around busy ports and last but not
least, help alleviate the major environmental problem faced by the planet
today, that of climate change and global warming.
[02] Cyprus signs agreement with UK on public sector reform
Cyprus signed on Thursday a bilateral agreement with the United Kingdom
to conduct a study on the modernization and reform of the public sector.
The need to modernize and reform the public sector, to be able to
successfully and effectively address the challenges that arise from
today's reality in the interest of the Cypriot citizen, constitutes a
declared government priority as well as an obligation stemming from the
Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Troika, says a press release
issued here today by the Ministry of Finance.
The preparation of studies by independent experts is a necessity for
the implementation of the public sector restructuring, it adds.
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